Muscadet wine-separate and Maine

See also: Muscadet wine

The vineyard of the Muscadet wine-Separates and Maine is a vineyard of the Val-de-Loire which produces dry white wines. This vineyard, classified AOC since November 14th, 1936 (last modifications by the decree of the September 19th 2001), covered in 2005 a surface of 8.182 hectares in the south of Nantes in the department of the Loire-Atlantique. It overflows slightly on the Département of Maine-et-Loire. The decree of October 9th, 1995 replaced the old denomination of Muscadet of Separates and Maine .

The wines of the Muscadet wine are vinified in dry white starting from a single type of vine, the melon (called Muscadet locally, one also finds it under the melon denominations of Burgundy, gamay of Burgundy or musky melon). The wines must present a natural alcoholometric title of 9% vol. and must have a high content in sugar of 144 g/l. The basic output is fixed at 55 hl/ha. The density of the plantations must be ranging between 6.500 and 7.500 pieds/ha.

The denomination on binds (or on dregs ) can be added to name. In this case, the wines must have past only one winter out of barrel or tanks and be still on their dregs of fermentation at the time of the setting out of bottle which is located between on March 1st and the June 30th or between the October 15th and the November 30th

Surface of production

Only are entitled to Muscadet name Separates and Maine the wines collected on the territories of the communes Saint-Crespin-on-Monk and Tillières in the department Maine-et-Loire as well as 21 communes Aigrefeuille, Low-Goulaine, the Vault-Low-Sea, the Vault-Heulin, Castle-Thébaud, Clisson, Gorges, the Hedge-Fouassière, High-Goulaine, Landreau, Loroux-Bottereau, Maisdon-on-Separates, Monnières, Mouzillon, the Metal disc, Regrippière, Saint-Hackney carriage-on-Maine, Saint-Julien-with-Concelles, Saint-Lumine-with-Clisson, Servant and Vertou in the department Loire-Atlantique.

External bonds

of Valley-in-Loire#Vignobles Nantais Other names of the Nantes Country
Muscadet wine, Breton wine
Muscadet wine, Breton wine

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